Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 179-186. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20196231

Special Issue: Wheat Biotechnology

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Gene Mapping for Leaf Rust Resistance in the Segregating Population of Common Wheat KU3067 and Apav

XU Hao1, DONG Haijiao2, WANG Weixing1, GAO Pu1, WANG Xinhai1, WANG Jinshuo1, WANG Xinrui1, LI Zaifeng1, ZHANG Peipei1   

  1. 1 College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
    2 State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
  • Received:2025-06-20 Published:2026-04-28

Abstract:

Discovery and mapping of disease-resistant genes in wheat varieties can provide resistance sources,genes and markers for the breeding of new wheat cultivars.KU3067/Apav BC1F5 population were used to evaluate for leaf rust resistance at seedling and adult plant stage in Baoding,Hebei Province,and leaf rust resistance gene(s)were mapped using molecular marker technology.At the seedling stage,KU3067 was highly susceptible to three leaf rust physiological races while Apav was highly resistant.The 148 BC1F5 lines showed a separation ratio of one pair of genes,indicating that there was a dominant gene in Apav.It was confirmed that the gene was the known leaf rust resistance gene Lr13 using molecular marker technology.Both parents showed high resistance at the adult stage,and the population showed continuous distribution,which was consistent with the characteristics of quantitative traits.Combined with the DArT-Seq data of the population,five leaf rust resistance QTLs were mapped in this population.Lr13,from Apav,was detected in two environments and explained 51.60% and 25.08% of the phenotypic variance,respectively.Lr67 from KU3067 was detected in two environments,explaining 4.98%—7.30% of the phenotypic variance,respectively.QLr.hebau-2AS,from Apav,explained 6.68% of the phenotypic variance.QLr.hebau-5DL.1 from Apav,and QLr.hebau-5DL.2 from KU3067 explained 23.74% and 8.41% of the phenotypic variance,respectively,the two gene might be novel.This study clarified the resistance performance characteristics of the KU3067/Apav population in the Baoding environment,mapped multiple genetic loci including Lr13,Lr67,and three potentially novel leaf rust resistance QTLs,and developed closely linked molecular markers.This provides valuable genetic resources and markers for wheat leaf rust resistance breeding in China.

Key words: Wheat leaf rust, QTL mapping, Molecular marker, Genetic analysis

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XU Hao, DONG Haijiao, WANG Weixing, GAO Pu, WANG Xinhai, WANG Jinshuo, WANG Xinrui, LI Zaifeng, ZHANG Peipei. Gene Mapping for Leaf Rust Resistance in the Segregating Population of Common Wheat KU3067 and Apav[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2026, 41(2): 179-186. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20196231.

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